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"Image Names"

I have just used the image names that i have given each image eg 1234image 1235image etc

I read that for SEO it is better to actually name your image with your site keywords in mind eg for me brown_rat NOT image 1234

My question is
1. with the various bits of freeola stuff in front eg
https://sitebuilder.freeola.com/ media/ images/user-images/7964/

then the image name will it still make a difference? giving it a "proper" name or does all the other stuff in front make it a waste of time

Regards
Hugh

www.guardianpestcontrol.co.uk

Hmmm... wrote:
> Hi Dragonlance,
> See my
> IE8
> Ramblings thread for some ALT/TITLE discussion :¬)

^^
What he said, lol <3

Hi Dragonlance,
See my IE8 Ramblings thread for some ALT/TITLE discussion :¬)







[s]Hmmm...[/s]

Don't get me started on that Dragonlance, but they both serve different roles.

Thanks everyone:-)

LukeM wrote:
> I doubt it matters with CSS background images, but when using the
> <img /> element as Hmmm... has stated in theory
> using a descriptive name is better, but don't forget helpful, yet
> tactical alt attributes can help both SEO and your website
> visitors who might opt out of loading images or are using a
> screen reader.

Also do use 'alt' and 'title' attributes together - may seem to be one and the same thing, but Firefox recognises 'title' but not 'alt' :-)

I doubt it matters with CSS background images, but when using the <img /> element as Hmmm... has stated in theory using a descriptive name is better, but don't forget helpful, yet tactical alt attributes can help both SEO and your website visitors who might opt out of loading images or are using a screen reader.

Reminds me that I should do the same...

...a few pages have been done, but need a lot of work renaming the images!

Thanks for the info Hmmm...

Thanks Hmm I will then start changing them

Regards
Hugh

Hi Dograt,
In theory using descriptive image file names will help improve results for Search Engine 'image searches' (along with other factors like Image Alt tag/Image Title tag/Page content).

The SEs will ignore the Freeola part of the path and focus on the name of the jpg/gif/png.


[s]Hmmm...[/s] My Freeola InstantPro Site

I have just used the image names that i have given each image eg 1234image 1235image etc

I read that for SEO it is better to actually name your image with your site keywords in mind eg for me brown_rat NOT image 1234

My question is
1. with the various bits of freeola stuff in front eg
https://sitebuilder.freeola.com/ media/ images/user-images/7964/

then the image name will it still make a difference? giving it a "proper" name or does all the other stuff in front make it a waste of time

Regards
Hugh

www.guardianpestcontrol.co.uk